Sattradhikar dead

priest) of Majuli's Ahotoguri Borsattra, Bhoben Narayan Dev Goswami died in the Vaishnav monastery today.

He was 86, monastery sources said.

He was head of one of the oldest sattras in Majuli, which is the world's largest river island and seat of Vaishnav culture. The monastery was established in the 15th century by Madhavdeva, a disciple of Sankardeva who was the founder of Vaishnavism in Assam.

The sattraadhikar was later cremated within the sattra premises, sources added.